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sis·sy

(sĭs′ē)

n. pl. sis·sies

1. A person regarded as timid or cowardly.

2. Offensive A boy or man regarded as effeminate.

3. Informal Sister.

[ Diminutive of sis.]

sis′si·fied′ (-fīd′) adj.

sis′si·ness, sis′sy·ness n.

sis′sy·ish adj.

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sissy

(ˈsɪsɪ) or

cissy

n, pl -sies

an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man

adj

effeminate, weak, or cowardly. Also (informal or dialect): sissified or cissified

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sis•sy

(ˈsɪs i)

n., pl. -sies,
adj. n.

1. an effeminate boy or man.

2. a timid or cowardly person.

3. a little girl.

adj.

4. (of a man or boy) effeminate.

5. cowardly; timid.

[1840–50, Amer.; sis + -y²]

sis′sy•ish, adj.

sis′si•ness, sis′sy•ness, n.

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Noun	1.	sissy - a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive milksop, Milquetoast, pantywaist, pansy coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
Adj.	1.	sissy - having unsuitable feminine qualities cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissyish, epicene unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man

sissy

cissy

noun

1. wimp, softie (informal), weakling, baby, wet (Brit. informal), coward (informal), jessie (Scot. slang), pansy, pussy (slang, chiefly U.S.), pussycat (Brit. informal), mummy's boy, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, wuss (slang), milksop, milquetoast (U.S.), sisspot (informal) They were rough kids and thought we were sissies.

adjective

1. wimpish or wimpy (informal), wimp, soft (informal), weak, wet (Brit. informal), cowardly, feeble, unmanly, effeminate, namby-pamby, wussy (slang), sissified (informal) Far from being sissy, it takes a real man to admit he's not perfect.

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Translations

Jammerlappen Waschlappen Zimperliese

effeminato

efeminado

sissy

[ˈsɪsɪ] N

1. (= effeminate) → marica m, mariquita m
the last one's a sissy! → ¡maricón el último!

2. (= coward) → gallina f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sissy

[ˈsɪsi] n

(= coward) → poule f mouillée

(= effeminate boy or man) → chochotte f

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sissy

(inf)

n → Waschlappen m (inf), → Memme f

adj

→ weibisch, verweichlicht; a sissy man → ein Schlappschwanz m (inf), → ein Weichei m (inf); poetry is sissy stuff → Gedichte sind Weiberkram (inf)

(= cowardly) → feig(e)

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sissy

[ˈsɪsɪ] n (fam, pej) → femminuccia

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I had not been called "Sissy" Van Weyden all my days without reason, and that "Sissy" Van Weyden should be capable of doing this thing was a revelation to Humphrey Van Weyden, who knew not whether to be exultant or ashamed.

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Well, he won't find Billy Roberts a sissy by a long shot."

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'Sissy Jupe, sir,' explained number twenty, blushing, standing up, and curtseying.

'It's father as calls me Sissy, sir,' returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.

(Sissy Jupe thrown into the greatest alarm by this demand.)

The square finger, moving here and there, lighted suddenly on Bitzer, perhaps because he chanced to sit in the same ray of sunlight which, darting in at one of the bare windows of the intensely white-washed room, irradiated Sissy. For, the boys and girls sat on the face of the inclined plane in two compact bodies, divided up the centre by a narrow interval; and Sissy, being at the corner of a row on the sunny side, came in for the beginning of a sunbeam, of which Bitzer, being at the corner of a row on the other side, a few rows in advance, caught the end.

Only a few feeble stragglers said Yes: among them Sissy Jupe.

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"I do want to walk a little-ways wi' Sissy, now she's going to marry our gentleman-cousin, and wear fine cloze!"

"Is dat the gentleman-kinsman who'll make Sissy a lady?" asked the youngest child.

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Sophie Dillon has applied to turn the former Sissy Blu women's clothing store in Beatrice Street, Oswestry into an eatery open until 11pm Monday to Saturday.

Fashion shop in line for eaterie

In Lowery's picture, he discharges that star wattage one final time in swoonsome exchanges with fellow Oscar winner Sissy Spacey.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE; CHARMING CRIME CAPER IS A FITTING FINAL BIG-SCREEN OUTING FOR ACTING LEGEND ROBERT REDFORD

After his motherMary "Sissy" Smith's funeral, son Joe has praised Hanworth locals for "welcoming" the hundredswho attended on Wednesday (April 11).

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